Open fire-place



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. D. E. JONES.

OPEN FIRE PLACE. No. 327,396. Patented Sept. 29, 1885.

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OPEN FIRE PLACE.

N0.32'7,396. Patented Sept. 29, 1885.

fiTTEST W W UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL E. JoNEs, or DENToN, TEXAS.

OPEN FIRE-PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,396, datedSeptember 29, 1885.

Application filed December 24, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL E. J oNEs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Denton, in the county of Denton and State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Open Fire-Places, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device as awhole. Fig. 2 is aperspective View with the parts separated in sections and ready to beplaced together; Fig. 3, a plan of lower section; Fig. 4, a plan ofupper section. Fig. 5 is a vertical section through my improvedfireplace. Fig. 6 is a front View of my improved sectional fire-place.Fig. 7 is a front View of the two sections composing one of the sides.Fig. 8 is a top plan View of Fig.5 on line with the top of thefire-place.

This invention relates to what are known as open fire-places, and itconsists in a fireplace which is composed of a number of detachablesections of fire'brick or other refractory substance put together insuch manner as to form asubstantial structure, each section beingreadily removed from its fellow when necessary to replace it by a newsection, as will be fully understood from the following description,when taken'in connection with the annexed drawings. In these Adesignates a rectangular fire-place, and Bthe chimney-flue therefor,which may be constructed in the usual well-known manner.

0 designates a slab of fire-brick which forms the hearth or bottom ofthe fire-place. This hearth is constructed with two side diverginggrooves, c c, and a back groove, 0, as shown by Fig. 3.

D designates the vertical back slab, the lower edge of which fits intothe groove 0 of the hearth G. The sides of the fire-place are eachcomposed of two slabs. The bottom side slabs, E E, fit into theconverging grooves c c of the hearth, and these slabs are rectangular,their top and back edges being rabbeted, as

' shown at e e. The upper side sections, E E,

are adapted to fit snugly upon the upper edges of the bottom sections,and said upper sections have their bottom and rear edges rabbeted, asshown at e 6 The upper edges of the sections E E form obtuse angles withthe back edges thereof 5 or, in other words,

the said upper edges incline backward, as shown by Figs. 1 and 5. Whenthe side sections of the fire-place are properly adjusted, their backedges lap over the vertical edges of the back section, D, as shown inFig. 8, thus forming lock or lap joints.

F designates the cap or top section, the ends of which rest upon theinclined shoulders formed by the rabbets c 6 111 the top sections, E E.The rear edge of this top section rests upon the top edge of the backsection, D. It will be seen that the top section, F, is inclinedbackward for the purpose of directing the heat into the room, and alsothat this section aids in looking the upper side sections, E E, in theirplaces.

For the purpose of holding all of the sections above the hearth firmlyin their places, I employ a clampbar or tie, G, as shown in Fig. 1.

It will be seen from the above that I have a sectional fire-place whichis readily applied in the well-known brick fire-place, and which can beremoved therefrom either bodily or in sections, as may be desired. Itwill also be seen that should any one or more of the sections composingthe fire-place become impaired by use the same can be readily replacedby new sections.

The sections may be made of fire-brick, artificial stone, or of anyother suitable refractory substance.

Having described my invention,whatl claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, in an open fire-place, of a hearth grooved asdescribed, side sections rabbeted together, and the back vertical andinclined sections jointed to the side sections, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination, in an open fire-place, of the bar G, ahearth groovedas described, side sections rabbeted together, and the back vertical andinclined sections jointed to the side sections, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL E. JONES.

Witnesses:

E. BIGGERSTAFF, WILLIAM H. PIERCE,

